Overview
Plant Ecology publishes original scientific papers that report and interpret the findings of pure and applied research into the ecology of vascular plants in terrestrial and wetland ecosystems. Empirical, experimental, theoretical and review papers reporting on ecophysiology, population, community, ecosystem, landscape, molecular and historical ecology are within the scope of the journal.
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- Editor-in-Chief
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- William Edward Rogers,
- Neal Enright
- Journal Impact Factor
- 1.9 (2023)
- 5-year Journal Impact Factor
- 1.9 (2023)
- Submission to first decision (median)
- 4 days
- Downloads
- 310,804 (2023)
Latest articles
Journal updates
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Recent advances in studying vegetation at forest edges
LATEST SPECIAL ISSUE | Volume 225, issue 4, April 2024
Issue editors: Karen A. Harper, Javad Eshaghi Rad, Christina Rinas
This special issue highlights recent research on natural and anthropogenic edges in temperate, boreal, tropical, and dry open-canopy forests in Africa, Asia, and North and South America. -
Supporting UN Sustainable Development Goals
ACHIEVEMENT
Over 50% of the articles published in Plant Ecology in 2023 are related to one or more of the 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). -
In Review: Preprint Service
AUTHOR SERVICE
Plant Ecology, in partnership with Research Square, now offers In Review: a journal-integrated preprint service. -
Students & Early Career Researchers
AUTHOR INCENTIVE
As a student or ECR (defined as being no more than 2 years since award of your PhD degree) listed as first author of any article type accepted, you will receive a voucher for free access to any Springer publication in eBook form (up to a maximum value of 250 Euros/US dollars, and maximum one per year) in perpetuity, and your article will be made freely accessible for 8 weeks after online first publication.
Journal information
- Electronic ISSN
- 1573-5052
- Print ISSN
- 1385-0237
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